- Tommy and Mike must lay their differences aside when a roadblock puts a dangerous halt to a routine call. Sheila uses her leverage to control Tommy's drinking, while Lou refuses to give in to the allure of an old flame.
- On a scene, Lou asks Tommy and Mike to do a sweep of the basement together. Neither wants to be with the other, like 13-year-old girls in a tiff. Mike makes fun of Tommy for being ancient and Tommy tells Mike he doesn't want Damian in his band.
Then Mike lays into Tommy for drinking, saying he's ashamed for Tommy. But he'll keep his secret. Tommy, for his part, thinks he can quit when he wants. They reach the basement, which is still smoldering. Tommy compares his alcoholism to the flu, it was a problem, now it's not. From outside, there's a huge crash. Lou tells them via walkie that the third floor gave out. They're stuck. Mike hacks in the smoke and bangs on the door. Tommy tells him to relax. Then Mike tells Tommy he forgot to fill the air tanks after the last job which is, you know, not good.
Lou tells them they have a problem. A safe fell from the third floor and is blocking the basement door. Tommy tries to keep Mike from hyperventilating. Tommy remembers a time he and Jimmy were in the building. He walks Lou through the floor plan a few floors above, saying they'll meet below. Good timing, since the fire chooses that moment to flare up.
Mike starts freaking out that they're going to burn. Tommy gives him some of his air then tells him if Mike keeps his secret, he'll keep his. Lou and the guys bust through and help them out.
Back at the firehouse, Candy, the hooker who stole $26,000 of Lou's money, drops by to say hi. Lou's about as excited to see her as you'd expect. He tells her he'll just have the guys hold his wallet and then he'll be out to talk to her.
He drags her down the street, telling her she has some nerve. He's upset he opened himself to her and she screwed him. She tells him she's sure he's a good person and won't turn his back on her. At which point he turns and walks away.
Maggie and Teddy compare vet-helping stories. Maggie's granting one set of wishes while Teddy deals with another, being asked to play angel of death. "Well, I didn't come here to play Angel of Sex, but sometimes the rules choose us," says Maggie the helpful stimulant.
Sean's Mom and brother Terrance stay with him. She complains about the bed to her cancer-stricken son. He also told his mom not to bring Terrance, like ten times, but she brought him anyway. Terrance helpfully mentions that Sean his milking the cancer thing and, oh, he needs milk. Which allows mom to clarify that Sean is just getting a little self-absorbed about his health issues, which is probably why he didn't have time to find them a hotel room.
Sheila drags Damian to the firehouse, where she has brought muffins. Lou's in a foul mood. Tommy tells Damian if he graduates at the top of his probie class, he'll try to get him assigned to his house. Damian's honored and Sheila shows her gratitude with kisses. Then Damian says he's glad they're sleeping together again. He's seen the signs. She's baking, she's happy and her voice has lost the "I'm going to cut your balls off" tone. They both deny it.
After Damian leaves, Sheila reiterates that the sex is on, but only if he doesn't drink on the job. She thinks he should tell everyone he's drinking so they'll watch him. When she leaves, Tommy tosses the muffins in the trash.
Tommy finds the guys in the bunk room. He announces that he's drinking again, but can control it. Black Shawn asks if he can tell Colleen. No, Tommy says. Franco's stuck on the idea that Mike knew before him. Tommy then adds Mickey and Derek to the no-tell list. When Tommy leaves they try to review who knows. When Needles walks in, he's clearly also on the list. Then they go back to admiring the assets of the weather chick on channel 4. The consensus is the forecast is hot.
Teddy visits the vet who asked him to off him. He's deteriorating. He asks Teddy to talk to bring his son, who married a Japanese woman. He pulls Teddy close, which just happens to lead to Teddy standing on his oxygen tube. But he realizes and steps off.
Mickey stops by the house and Black Shawn and Mike mention that Tommy isn't drinking at all. In fact, he's drinking tons of coffee. Yea, coffee. That's it. Mickey, not being a total moron, figures out what's going on. They decide not to tell Tommy he was there. But Tommy comes out and sees his car.
Sean thanks his mom for coming. She's unconcerned, and glad he's taking care of it. Then Terrance comes in, discussing the green turd he just laid. Their Mom offers to go check it out. Sean takes exception to the idea his mom is more concerned with Terrance's poo than his life threatening illness.
Needles and Lou prep Franco for a fight. Lou tries to get the other guy riled up. Needles tells Franco the guy once killed a guy with his thumbs. But he also voted for Bush. That works to get Franco ready. The fight begins. The guy has Franco on the run, but he's still standing. Then Franco gets in one good hit and the big man hits the deck.
Teddy brings the WW II vet's son in to see him. After a few tender seconds, the vet asks his son how his Japanese wife is. But he uses a completely different word you're not really allowed to use and then asks if she's still in the rice paddy. The son storms out.
In Sheila's bedroom, Tommy asks naked Sheila why he can't stay over if Damian already knows about them. She says he can stay over at the new place which, by the way, is closer to the firehouse. Tommy tells her she can't drop by there without embarrassing her son. She tells him he shouldn't lecture her about cutting the cord. Then Sheila starts in on Janet and how she sucks him in. He wants a glass of wine and she says no, grabbing onto it. He kisses her to get it away, then chugs. Sheila asks if it's better with her or Janet, and asks him to promise he won't sleep with both of them on the same day. Then Damian walks in.
Sean comes into his mom's room. He tries, again, to tell her he's been having a hard time and hasn't talked to anyone else about it. He tells her he's scared. She tells him he'll be fine. She beat it, he will.
News to him. She found a lump a few years after he was born. It worked out fine. She gives him a hug.
Mike and Damian's band practices at the bar. Damian stops Mike with an arrangement suggestion. Mike shoots him down, saying it's his band. Then he pauses and suggests the same thing Damian just did. From the bar, Tommy says it sounds great and then pours himself a huge drink. He leaves, but stops in another bar on his way home.
Montage to music: Lou rides home on his bike, blue. He sees Candy, but keeps driving. Tommy gets in bed, loaded. Sean sleeps on his couch, his mom kisses him on the forehead. Tommy wakes up and looks at the nearby booze bottle. He gets up and pours a fist of whiskey. He chugs it and lays back down. He stares at the glass. The glass seems to be winning.
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